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Famous BOWERY BOYS A1 Smith, Chuck Connors, Steve Brodie, Tim (“Twin”) Sullivan, Tony Pastor — all BOWERY boys who made good. Get newspaper space on famous local personages who rose from anything but favor¬ able surroundings—the gas house district or section of town corre¬ sponding to New York’s Bowery. Make them your guests at opening of picture. Old-time Song Slides “The Bowery,” “After the Ball Is Over,” “Bicycle Built for Two,” “Sidewalks of New York” and “Sweet Adeline” comprise the special set of old-time song slides available on THE BOWERY from National Studios, Inc. in New York City. Slides are amus¬ ingly illustrated and can also be used with special Colortone Effect on the production. Have your organist feature these numbers in advance and currently to bring them back for more and to get them right into the spirit of the picture. Set of 7 slides $2.50 Order from NATIONAL STUDIOS, Inc. 226 West 56th St., New York, N. Y. }7—One Col. Ad (Mat .05; Cut .20) “OH, THE THINGS THEY SAY AND THE THINGS THEY DO ON THE BOWERY, THE BOWERY Who says "we won’t go there anymore?" East side, west side, all around the town and country, everyone is flocking to the sidewalks of New York in "THE BOWERY" • And hot pavements they are too, "Chuck" Connors, Steve Brodie, Swipes, the newsboy, they’re all there. And it’s directed by Raoul Walsh, an old New York boy, who knows the town of his fathers. • 10—Four Col. Ad (Mat .20; Cut .80) Colortone Slide Old-timer Saw Steve Brodie Jump From Bridge There was doubt in some quarters at the time that Steve Brodie ever did jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. You should have little trouble in rounding up an old codger with long white whiskers who actually believes he saw this event occur. Anything to start a dispute — and precious newspaper publicity. Let him tell his story from the stage of your theatre several days in advance and then get in your plug with the announcement that patrons can see a re-enactment of the amazing feat in THE BOWERY, starting Friday with Beery, Raft, Cooper, etc.